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“Concord was actually surprisingly representative of Massachusetts, New England, and maybe even the North in the 19th century. In learning about Concord, you learn about the making of modern America.”
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Licorice Pizza, director Paul Thomas Anderson’s ninth feature film, proves that he is a purveyor of cinematic joy.
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Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is fairly entertaining, fairly decent, but that’s about it.
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Rather disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the expressions of lesbian eroticism in Benedetta are very obviously depicted for the male gaze.
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Hot Maroc is more of a three-ring circus than a drama, with a high-wire act at one end, tigers and elephants at the other, and scurrying clowns in the middle.
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The arrival of the internet adds a sour-grapes ending to an otherwise fairly compelling narrative.
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Please take this opportunity to sustain the future of the arts in this country by strengthening a magazine that is making a real difference.
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Some splendid, new (and newish) books that are sure to inspire young children.
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Host Elizabeth Howard and artist Halim A. Flowers engage in a provocative conversation around issues raised by art, the criminal justice system, and how it felt to be incarcerated as a minor.
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Who else, but The Beatles, could command this much attention, of this many people, for that long of a time, and still be interesting, even joyous?
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Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2026